Woody River

Woody River
Woody River is located in Manitoba
Woody River
Location of the mouth in Manitoba
Woody River is located in Canada
Woody River
Woody River (Canada)
Location
CountryCanada
Provinces
Physical characteristics
SourceWoody Lake
 • locationPorcupine Hills
 • coordinates52°27′57″N 101°41′28″W / 52.4657°N 101.6911°W / 52.4657; -101.6911
 • elevation691 m (2,267 ft)
MouthSwan Lake
 • location
Division No. 17, Manitoba
 • coordinates
52°30′37″N 100°50′47″W / 52.5103°N 100.8463°W / 52.5103; -100.8463
 • elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Basin features
River systemNelson River
Tributaries 
 • left
  • Whitefish Creek
  • Hubbell Creek
  • Bowsman River
 • right
  • Hart Creek

Woody River[1] is a river in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The river's source is in the Porcupine Hills[2] and Porcupine Provincial Forest of eastern Saskatchewan. From there it flows south through boreal forest[3] and then east through Boreal Plains in the Parkland Region of Manitoba en route to Swan Lake. The river parallels the Swan River for much of its route as it travels through Swan River Valley between Duck Mountain and Porcupine Hills of the Manitoba Escarpment. Bowsman[4] is the only notable community along the course of Woody River. Several highways cross it, including Saskatchewan's Highway 980, Manitoba's Roads 588, 366, 268, and Manitoba's Highway 10.[5]

  1. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Woody River". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Porcupine Hills". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
  3. ^ "Boreal Plains Ecozone". ecozones. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Living Here, History of Bowsman". Minitonas-Bosman. MUNICIPALITY OF MINITONAS-BOWSMAN. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Woody River, Saskatchewan, Canada". Mindat.org. mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 17 April 2022.